Hey Look she posted

*Waves at the hotties*

I realized yesterday that today February 28 would have been my Moms 65 Birthday.

What better excuse to get my butt back to the blogging that I love?

So I did a special manicure for my mommy

From Nubar's Jellybeans collection I used Strawberry, With Cherry on my middle finger with White Polk a Dot from the Polk a Dot collection and some of my favorite nail decals from a billion different sets.

This is my Mom...isn't she pretty!

Strawberry is a sweet pink that you can wear as a jelly or build it to opaque. Cherry is a super squishy almost jelly cherry red, I love it insanely! And the Polk a dots.....Oh do not get me started I love them so much and since the glitter is not intended to cover but to dot they are not bad to remove.

My Mom was the very best! Funny (That is me in the pillow case or as I called it sack of potatoes)

The biggest heart ever, willing to help anyone anytime, friend or stranger she never questioned but was always the first to help and never expected anything it's just how she was.

Nubar has a great formula and is one of the few creme formulas that I really love.

This is how I will always remember my Mom...like a big kid! I was far too serious and she would not have it so she would force me to smile or laugh. (Seriously my sisters hair omg, even for the 80's that was just wow)

The Jellybeans are perfectly named because I want to nom my nails....I must get jellybeans!

Mom and Me...she attacked me and was holding me hostage for the eviiiiiil taking of pictures!

(My cousin was hiding behind me holding my arms and Grandma was fast with the camera)

Have you gotten the Jellybeans or the Polk a dots? Which are you loving?

My Mom, the silliest beauty queen ever, passed at the very young age of 48 (I was 21) of a sudden Heart attack. Her crappy doctors ignored the symptoms she called with the day before, ear/jaw pain, dizziness, nausea,  muscle pain and weakness, headache, and vomiting, She had very high blood pressure uncontrolled even with 3 medications. Ladies know our symptoms, most women do not know that women's symptoms are usually not the typical symptoms that men have. and if you have high blood pressure and it is not being controlled find a new doctor or insist on seeing a specialist because you ARE worth it and if you don't take care of you who will? Smooches!

Happy 65th Birthday Mom!

Products in this post were provided by the company/PR for review

Holograms and Flakies

Stupid Blogger ate my stupid post.

I am trying to get back to blogging, I've missed you all. My business (Evil Shades Cosmetics....shameless promotion) has grown a lot in the past year and takes a lot more of my time. That is not a complaint, I love what I do and I am so proud of how far it has come and more than anything I love that my sparklies make other people happy! So I will do my best to post 3 ish times a week but they will not be wordy. lol

Now on to the pretties...

I did a drool worthy mani the other day using Barielle's Elle's Spell, a cheapy black creme with Sally Hansens Prisms in Diamond (Silver holographic hotness) topped with Sancion Angel in Christine. You wanna see?

Oh did I mention I free handed a bit of Diamond on the tips?

Elle's Spell is a gorgeous berried red jelly filled with gold to green flakies

Christine is a sweet sheer purple jelly with green to pink to yellow/gold flakies

P.S. I am keeping the claws much shorter right now due to washing my hands eleventy billion times a day and now everything is dry and le yucks. :o(

Holo + Flakies + Jelly = Do Not Drive or car accidents may happen!

I have missed you tons and bunches! *hugs everyone*

Strawberries & Cream with Sprinkles on top!

Sounds yummy doesn't it!

Well it's my manicure and it's actually Strawberry(A franken from Kae), ManGlaze Mayo,

and Angel Flakies in Christine. (from Sarah)

What I used

This is with Orly Polisheild on top

The flakies have a pinkish base so it gave a slight pink hint to Mayo

Love it!

Without Top coat (Angel Flakies dry matte)

I could stare at this all day

I just love how the flakies are warmer, more orange, on Strawberry and cooler, more pink/blue, over Mayo

This was such a gorgeous mani to look at I kept it on for 3 days and hated to take it off!

OPI Too Hot Pink to Hold 'Em

Another from the OPI Texas collection

You know I love a jelly...I added OPI Standing room only over my thumb and ring finger

I know this is supposed to be hot pink but on me it's a cool toned red, because I'm special like that!

This is 3 coats with Seche Vite

The formula is a perfect jelly, smooth even coverage, sheer and dries quickly

My final thought....OPI, more jellies Please!

*product in this post were provided by the company/pr for my honest review

OPI Texas collection- Big Hair Big Nails

OPI's Texas Collection is 12 shades, 6 are what they call sorbet...I call them jellies

and I'm stubborn and don't take to change well so they will be referred to as jelly. :oP~

The first one up is Big Hair Big Nails a Red jelly that is almost a coral/orange toned red.

If you've been reading my blog long then you know I love red and I loooooove Jellies

(I do not like the name at all)

This is 3 perfect coats of jelly love, you really don't need a top coat with the gorgeous shine that these have.

Can you see my nails smiling?

In shade this almost looks opaque but still squishy and yum

Application was honestly much better than with most jellies, it was not thin streaky/sheer and runny but a nice thick, smooth even coverage that builds perfectly

OPI I love you for making a red jelly....can you do a teal, green and periwinkle next?

 I will give you many smooches!

**Products in this post were provided by the company/pr for my honest review

Nightmare, dream and a guest post

I am sorry that I've not been around much...I'm am trying to reorganize my world.

I hope very soon to be back to steadily posting 3-4 times a week.

I did a little guest post over at Overallbeauty's blog

Kim got in and is now carrying these sweet little skully nail decals and being

the sweetheart that she is, she thought of me when they came in and sent me a set because she knows that like her I am a skully freak! (Thanks Kim you rock)

I did a simple mani with them over BB Couture Nightmare and I love it a ton!

Nightmare is a deep vampy jelly red with red micro shimmer

You can see the rest of the pictures here

And I believe they will be on OverallBeauty.com as well

Thank you for not throwing rocks at me for abandoning you all!

(^__^)

Nicole by OPI Walmart Exclusives swatches/review

Nicole by OPI's descriptions:

Count On Me

This glimmering lavender will never let you down.

Got Style?

Mauve has never looked this chic!

He’s A Keeper

This classic red is one of the good guys.

Never Give Up

Hold onto gorgeous color with this persistent plum.

 

Count on Me is a sheer lavander with sparks of purple shimmer.

I love this color and I will be using it for layering a lot!

 

Got style,to me, looks more like a shimmery copper rose shade and surprisingly I really like it!

 

He's a Keeper is a slightly warm toned classic red creme

 

Never give up is a beautiful sassy fushia with scattered holo glitter.

Think Claire's MegPeg all grown up.

 

All swatches are 2 coats with no top coat. Pictures taken with lightbox lighting.

 

My opinion:

I was pleasantly surprised to fall in love with 3 of the 4 colors.

Sorry but I have 100 or so "Classic reds" so for a red to wow me takes a lot.

Formula is great, very smooth and easy to apply.

The bottles is a bit akward but very cute.

The brush shape is great and makes a nice clean line on my tiny narrow nails very easy. It's a little short but that was not a problem.

 

Do you see any that you NEED?

 

 

**Products in this post were sent to me by the company/PR for my honest review

Camera woe's and French Kisses

First I have to apologize for the color freakout from my camera

Maybe I've over used it or maybe it just sucks but it is doing strange things lately.

From hazy, blurry, super bright, way off color, washed out to just plain craptastic pics.

I am on a no buy to try and save up to get a decent camera by February.

I recieved a beautiful H&M Lipgloss compact in "French Kiss" from the fantabulous

Lily of My little world of polish

I love it so much that it inspired this simple yet fabulous manicure

I used Gabrini 363 as my base and stamped the rose image from Bundle Monster plate 14 using Wet n Wild black creme

It just happens to be perfect with my H&M French Kiss gloss compact

The Red has a beautiful subtle gold shimmer, you can barely see it in this pic

Sometimes a simple manicure is just perfect!

Barielle Holiday Hustle Swatches Winter 2010

Iwas sent the Barielle Holday Hustle collection....I love it!

Barielle has a great way of avoiding the typical so again they make me so very happy!

All swatches are 2 coats no top coat, in lightbox lighting.

Gelt me to the Party is an antiqued Copper/bronze/gold

I really wish this looked better on me because I love the color a lot!

Coalest day of the year is a dark gray almost black with pearl shimmer!

I think this color is beautiful.

Jess' Champagne Toast is a metallic lilac/violet with pink micro glitter

You all know I love a contrasting glitter/shimmer and this one grabbed me immediately!

Barielle calls Snow Day metallic with silver undertones.

On me it looks like a slightly blued metallic green with silver hues. Now we all know that colors can sometimes catch the skin tones and look a bit different on different people.

Wrap me in ribbon is a metallic raspberry and a surprize love.

I am shocked but I really love this color.

Elle's Spell.....drooooool.....stare......drool

As you can tell I swatched this a week ago, when I lost my claws, to cheer me up and it worked so well that I wore it for 3 days. (That says a lot)  Elle's Spell is a beautiful red jelly with opal flakies that shift from firey orange, gold to green and occasional blue flash.

I will leave you to drool!